Well, actually, it was one of my playlists to which Lakers forward Josh Powell offered his musical ear. A great music mind, Peezy used to play the drums, piano and guitar.

“I’m the best at all of them,” he explained.

Alas, on this six-game road trip, we stopped by Powell’s room to talk mostly about hip-hop before moving onto some R&B and classic rock. Powell also offered some of his current favorite songs that might improve our playlist, and then challenged me to a Guitar Hero contest that he wants to put on YouTube. So we’ll get to that later. Until then, here’s the podcast: